Proposed Development
Windfarm development comprising of 8 no. wind turbines, sub station, meteorological mast, associated access roads, borrow pit and associated works
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Application received
3 Aug 2007
Decision: CONDITIONAL
21 Jul 2008
Decision due
3 Aug 2008
Grant issued
21 Aug 2008
Application Details
- Location
- Curragh Drishane, Millstreet
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Cork County Council
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 3 August 2007
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision Date
- 21 July 2008
- Grant Date
- 21 August 2008
Location
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Windfarm development comprising of 8 no. wind turbines, substation, meteorological mast, associated access roads, borrow pit and associted works
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Erection of temporary 80m meteorological mast for wind measurement
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Erection of 80m temporary meteorological mast for wind measurement
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Construction of an E.S.B. Substation/Control Building on existing wind farm site (minor amendment to permission Pl. Reg. No. 03/3079)
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Completion of wind farm (13 no. turbines) granted under pl. reg. no. 99/0616 and modified under pl. reg. no. 03/6585
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Extension to windfarm permitted under reg. no. N/99/0616 to consist of 4 no. wind turbines (hub height 65m, blade tip 91m), construction of and extension of internal site tracks and associated works
Gneeves Millstreet
Completion of windfarm, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. N/99/0616, modified under planning Ref. No 03/6585 and which received an extension of duration under planning Ref. No. 08/5636.
Gneeves near Millstreet Co.Cork
Completion of windfarm (13 no. turbines), extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Reg. No. N/99/0616, modified under Planning Reg. No 03/6585 and which received an extension of duration under Planning Reg. No. 08/5636.
Gneeves Near Millstreet
A fifteen (15) year planning permission for continuation of the operational life of the existing Gneeves wind farm from the date of expiration (November 2025) of the current planning permission (N/99/616, 03/6585, 04/188). The site measures 10.101 hectares. The existing wind farm consists of the following; 11 no. existing, operational Vestas V52 wind turbines, 8 no. turbines have a tip height of 91 m and a hub height of 65m, the remaining 3 no. turbines have a tip height of 76.1m and a hub height of 49m. All 11turbines have a rotor diameter of 52m. 1 no. existing operational onsite substation compound, the compound comprises: 38kV electrical substation, a control building, associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, associated underground cabling, existing site access tracks and 11 no. turbine hardstandings, existing operational site drainage infrastructure and associated works, including maintenance and improvement works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) have been prepared in relation to the project and accompany this planning application.
Gneeves Millstreet Co.Cork
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